Third Friday Durham Reception: April 21, 2017, 5-8pm
On view: April 4–May 6, 2017
Join us for a Third Friday Durham celebration at the Power Plant Gallery with MFA|EDA alumni, and soon to be alumni.
On Exhibit – There’s Content
Three Cities Tapping into the U.S. Brewery Boom
“Breweries are clearly having their moment on the American urban scene. In 2016, there were 5,300 breweries, compared with 2,400 only four years earlier. In part, that might be due to the novelty and conviviality of enjoying a unique beverage at a hyper-local establishment. But breweries, it turns out, also have an almost magical ability to revitalize neighborhoods and even entire towns, according to panelists speaking at ULI’s 2017 Carolinas Meeting in March, and tend to be a boon wherever they open, at least in the current cycle.”
Read more in Urban Land Magazine.
Why Durham Is North Carolina’s Hippest City
“Durham is perhaps known first and foremost as the home to Duke University (and its famed basketball team), but it’s becoming a destination for much more than just Blue Devils games. In recent years, a bustling and creative culinary scene has emerged. The Durham Performing Arts Center, American Tobacco Campus, Brightleaf Square, and Durham Bulls games—where you can watch a home run while noshing on empanadas and peach cobbler with ice cream—are also noteworthy attractions.”
Read more in Vogue.